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When my sister and her husband last visited the US, it was a topic of conversation with the locals that they'd visited more states than any of the people they spoke to.

To paraphrase Bill Bryson, an American will drive further for a taco than an Englishman will to go on holiday.

Eh? I'm confused.

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Birds of a feather?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2w94wp4p1o

[Youngian]

When my sister and her husband last visited the US, it was a topic of conversation with the locals that they'd visited more states than any of the people they spoke to.

To paraphrase Bill Bryson, an American will drive further for a taco than an Englishman will to go on holiday.

Eh? I'm confused.

What's confusing? The point being made is Americans are used to driving longer distances.